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When two or more writers collaborate on a document by each contributing pieces of text, the problem can arise that, while each might be an exemplary piece of writing, they do not cohere into a document that speaks with a single voice. That is, they are stylistically inconsistent. But given a stylistically inconsistent document, people often find it hard to articulate exactly where the problems lie. Rather, they feel that something is wrong, but cannot quite say why.
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Glover, A., Hirst, G. (1996). Detecting Stylistic Inconsistencies in Collaborative Writing. In: Sharples, M., van der Geest, T. (eds) The New Writing Environment. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1482-6_12
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